The History of Sleeping Beauty | Fairy Tales with Jen

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In the first episode of 'Fairy Tales with Jen,' I talk about the gruesome history of Sleeping Beauty: from Perceforest to Disney and everything in between. Click 'Show More' for details:
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@CinziaDuBois 8 лет назад

Oh your dry wit along with your intellect is such a wonderful combination. I love you; well done for being incredibly awesome xxxxxxx

@amiiidps 8 лет назад

your side comments to the stories are incredibly funny and almost better than the story itself xD

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+amirisdepaula ha, thanks! x

@ifimjuliet 8 лет назад

I really liked this video, however two quick things: 1. The rape-y elements of Persephone aren't present in the Homeric Hymns. The act of eating pomegranate seeds is a rather defiant act on Persephone's part, since, as a goddess, she doesn't *have* to eat. By eating exactly 6, she is choosing to have Hades and her mother. The more questionable elements appear later. 2. I agree about Disney's Sleeping Beauty treating Aurora as a beautiful object. But it's also a strangely feminist film? Like, the protagonists are the 3 good fairies and the antagonist is Maleficent, all women. Even Phillip is just a tool, who, without the guidance of the fairies, would have ultimately failed at his quest. As I've said, this doesn't justify the non-role of Aurora, but it is something to consider. Anywhoo... I really enjoyed this video and look forward to the rest of the series.

@ttjnaaa 8 лет назад

There were many great quotes in this video. But my favorite was "Aslan who is Jesus". Oh Jen, you are so lovely and I learned and laughed so much. THANK YOUUU. I'm going to sleep with a huge brain and a smile now.

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+ttjnaaa furry Jesus.

@alisiddiqui3030 8 лет назад

I love fairy tales but are new to reading them.

@BethanFuckingRose 8 лет назад

Not only do I love fairy tales and history, so this is PERFECTION, but the start made me choke with laughter.

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+Bethan Wallace Haha, glad you liked it x

@lesliecastro2548 8 лет назад

ALL the gold stars for mentioning Titus Andronicus. I played Lavinia in an all-female production last November, and I was quite happy to hear you mention Shakespeare. :)

@DarkAngelDoom666 8 лет назад

I loved the "Sleeper and the Spindle" and in light of the "Sleeping Beauty"'s history, I see it differently now and love it even more. :) I grew up with the Grimm's fairy tales (in German) and I always felt that they were missing something. That something, I later realised, was the violence, sex and grewsome details they took out... Great video! I enjoyed it thoroughly, especially your highli intellectual and witty rhetoric. Love, Alex.

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

"I grew up with the Grimm's fairy tales (in German) and I always felt that they were missing something. That something, I later realised, was the violence, sex and grewsome details they took out..." Ha! Yes, indeed! x

@SusanRaberOnline 8 лет назад

This is a terrific video and I think the topic is really important. You would not believe how upset my husband's family was that I didn't let our kids watch Disney version fairy tales when they were little. We read the original fairy tales together and talked about them, but I didn't read them to them as bedtime stories or anything like that.

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

I have no idea how I managed to do this but I forgot to mention this very disturbing film called Sleeping Beauty ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wJLW6nRMBv0.html I very nearly walked out of the cinema when I went to see it; it's brilliant but, oh my goodness, it's horrible x

@ABlackbirdsBooks 8 лет назад

+Jen Campbell Yes! I saw that with a friend of mine. It was not at all what we expected and we were horrified, but it is such an interesting adaptation of the story!

@sarahtheeagle3060 8 лет назад

I took a fairy tales class in college (Liberal Arts College) and the version we read from a Grimm's annotated volume says that Maleficent's character puts this curse on the baby because the King and Queen didn't have enough matching golden dinner plates for ALL The fairies AND HER, so they just didn't invite her.

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+Sarah Gawle the Grimms were extremely revisionist - something I'll be making a video about.

@sarahtheeagle3060 8 лет назад

+Jen Campbell oh I know, we covered that in class! I just thought the dish thing was amusing.

@dsandhumytube 4 года назад

You speak about bizarre things with such a straight face and substitute the word 'fascinating' often for so many other words. I like the hooks and points that you highlight from your study about a topic and thank you for the links in the 'more' section. Very Helpful! Keep up your good work.

@CraftyLadyCraftyLady 8 лет назад

Wonderful.....love your video's.....🙄📚😊

@capulet_belmont 8 лет назад

Brilliant video.

@spikedeane9112 7 лет назад

Great summary. Like wise fascinated with those themes.

@JaybirdMelodies 8 лет назад

I can already tell that this series is going to be amazing and simultaneously, wreck my life. I do love Disney, but knowing the histories of these fairytales is only necessary to know fully into what I am investing my imagination. I love you and all your videos. This is just one more to eagerly anticipate. Thank you for sharing!

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+Janelle Horn Thanks, Janelle :) x

@MeganBenjaminEvans 8 лет назад

The fairy tale origins have always fascinated me. Wonderful video!

@sol1m 8 лет назад

In this light, the 'Shrek' series is a satire on the fairy tales. The very permise of the first movie pokes at 'Sleeping Beauty'.

@wordsofclover 8 лет назад

I think I watched Sleeping Beauty the most when I was younger. I loved it. It's so fascinating hearing about the background of these fairy tales, thank you for the wonderful videos Jen! Also, why are older women always so evil in fairy tales?! :(

@bookelement7848 8 лет назад

I absolutely love this Jen!!! You have revived my love of fairytales over the past year or so watching your videos. I've probably watched most your videos five times to make sure I haven't missed a book haha! Just bloody love you!

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+Book Element haha, thanks! x

@ninetteponderanza7775 8 лет назад

Immediately added to favourites. The first one sounds very much like an ancient romance with the lovers separated and overcoming ridiculous obstacles to come back together. And then there is Aphrodite after all. One maybe not so curious thing (if you think about it - social context and such) that I find very telling is that the women so rarely cooperate. Usually they are pitted against one another.

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+Ninette Ponderanza Absolutely! x

@elelittle1474 5 лет назад

I love these fairytale videos. When you mention how women are presented as either witches or beauties or whatnot, I was wondering if these fairytales then trace back to goddess worship and the maiden/mother/crone?

@nualafaolin7129 8 лет назад

Loved this video! Instead of ruining childhood fairy tales I think it enhances them, especially like the linking to other stories like Persephone etc in this case. And then the book recommendations to help us keep going! Perfection! Thank Jen! 😊

@hollyforsyth6536 6 лет назад

On the theme of asking to remove your clothes before being killed: there's an English folk song commonly called "The Outlandish Knight" (or other such variants) in which the female character uses this rouse in order to save herself. I wonder where the origins to this lie

@VictoriaPichel 8 лет назад

Fascinating indeed! I had no idea there had been that many versions... Great video. I'm glad I was never too fond of Disney retelling of fairy tales and all those romantized gruesome stories!

@iloivar 8 лет назад

Yes, please. This is fascinating.

@soniacdias 8 лет назад

Loved this video! Thank you so very much Jen.

@susans.k.3025 8 лет назад

If I could like this numerous times I would. I love love love this concept!!!

@NEHOMAS2 8 лет назад

Ah, one of my most favourite things to chat about. So very happy that this series is happening! All the glitter cuddles for you!

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+NEHOMAS2 Glitter cuddles are my favourite x

@karenliu529 8 лет назад

I love this series so far!!!!!! It reminds me of this podcast about the Disney stories.

@bookishlychaot1c651 8 лет назад

Love this Jen! So very much, I love fairy tales and was a fan of Disney as many of us were as children, but I do love love picking things apart to the rawest form and finding out just where they came from and how they have evolved! 💕 X

@AnnaHerrington 3 года назад

This was absolutely fascinating! I'm stunned at how that story has changed over time. Thank you for doing this series.

@tomchandler5907 8 лет назад

Absolutely loved this Jen! I am fascinated by the Titus Andronicus and Persephone connections in this story and it's incarnations. I really look forward to the next video!

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+Tom Chandler Thanks Tom! x

@juliarose3235 8 лет назад

This is so interesting...honestly I had no idea there were so many versions!

@akiheavenly6 8 лет назад

Very interesting topic. Great video.

@jellyfishing4852 8 лет назад

your delivery of this and the general overly macabre nature of fairy tales are so funny! another great video. enlightened me to fairytale elements present in favourite work of fiction of mine that i hadn't known about prior.

@BeautyAllAroundYou 8 лет назад

I love this video, Jen! You have a very intelligent but also funny way of explaining the different fairytales, and I'm very much looking forward to future videos in this series.

@ladyfox6705 8 лет назад

Great video, Jen - keep up the good work!! I, like you, have always been fascinated by fairy tales and mythology and the deeper psychological meanings behind them. And, whilst I did grow up watching The Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday evenings and reading all the books and movies, I did also (as a child) somehow find a collection of original tales (probably at my school library, haha!) and remember reading Cinderella and being horrified, yet astounded and very intrigued, by the sisters cutting their feet and all the bloody, gruesome stuff and Rapunzel with the thorns blinding the prince. It didn't effect me, but I think helped to greater increase my love of the fairy tale! I also recently completed an interesting online course (FutureLearn) about the life and work of Hans Christian Anderson, and hope that they soon create a course for other writers of the fairy tale.

@fridaarriaga4765 8 лет назад

please do more videos like this!

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

I'll be doing one a month :)

@sunpi 8 лет назад

love this topic another great video from yound

@dianaalvarezrocha5557 7 лет назад

And me thinking I'd seen all these episodes. Loved it!

@jenvcampbell 7 лет назад

:D x

@iamerratic 8 лет назад

I LOVED THIS SO MUCH!!! Wow, I can't wait for the next one! Great video Jen :)

@nymeria941 8 лет назад

I love your take on this story, as well as the humor!

@indubitablyzara 8 лет назад

I loved learning a bit more about the background of Sleeping Beauty, especially with your wit added in! :)

@TsX5JL 8 лет назад

I have been waiting for this video for a week and I am so pleased now that I've seen it. Great job, Jen! It was really interesting and I am looking forward to the next one.

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+TsX5JL Glad you enjoyed it! x

@anastasiabeaverhausen733 8 лет назад

Oh my, indeed! Thoroughly enjoyed hearing your rather sardonic retelling of the stories, looking forward to more.

@teaspoones 8 лет назад

You are so brilliant! I love your humour and all your comments! This is such an amazing and interesting video!

@imaclassact 8 лет назад

I'm so excited for this new series. This first episode was great!

@annielizlovesreading6318 8 лет назад

Thank you so much! I love learning the histories behind our favorite stories! I look forward to your future videos! :)

@AnnaShuk 8 лет назад

Great-great video! I've read The Book of Lost Things this year and it's among my all-time favs now.

@lahlaala 8 лет назад

this is so great! loved this and so looking forward to more episodes

@sk8rgirlo 8 лет назад

I love this series already, so fascinating!

@MsSpudger1 8 лет назад

loved this video! This is definetly one for anyone studying English!

@foa2301 8 лет назад

Wow. This is fascinating and horrible and all I can think is just Yikes™. Thank-you for making this!

@boringinscription 8 лет назад

I cannot tell you enough how I absolutely love this!!! :D Thank you so much for doing this!

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+Mafalda Lima :D

@aniwhitetree3543 8 лет назад

Excellent stuff. More, please, when you have the time.

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+Ani Whitetree Thanks ^_^

@CharlesHeathcote 8 лет назад

This was such an awesome video. I had no idea at all about this fairytale's past and I was quite pleased to hear about it. Most interesting and informative :)

@saragrande7805 8 лет назад

I recently found out your channel, and I'm so glad I did! I've pretty much binge watched all your videos. Your personality and your intellect amaze me. Thank you for making awesome videos!

@kailahmom1 8 лет назад

This is a very interesting video. I have always been interested in the history of fairy tales. I love it! Please do more of these.

@SparklesBooks 8 лет назад

This was so fascinating, I always loved sleeping beauty as a child and I loved hearing the history behind the story, super excited to see more like this :)

@1poppysocks 8 лет назад

Thank you. I really enjoyed this video and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series x

@BetweenLinesAndLife 8 лет назад

This is my favorite thing now!

@irisxoxo1000 8 лет назад

I LOVED this video! So, so interesting and cannot wait for the other videos to come! xx

@Intervain 8 лет назад

Fascinating, definitely looking forward to more videos in this series :)

@Violetsteel_ 8 лет назад

This is SO interesting and eye opening. Thanks for making this :)

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+Gina J You're welcome :)

@TheDzzy 8 лет назад

I loved this video, Jen! Definitely looking forward to future videos in this series :)

@Kayleebob 8 лет назад

So excited for this series, Jen! Thanks for sharing your immense knowledge with the rest of us! Also totally giggled at "Two gold stars for you!"

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+Kaylee Marie "Four for you, Glen Coco, you go Glen Coco" ;) x

@OnTheBigAdventure 8 лет назад

My thesis for my first degree was related to fairy tales, so I found this fascinating! I'll look forward to more of these in the future for sure!

@jeremiahnoar7504 11 месяцев назад

What was the thesis about?

@vgntenor 8 лет назад

Another brilliant video. It was so insightful, entertaining, and eloquent. Well done.

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+Jeremy Kreamer (JerSings) Thanks Jeremy - glad you liked it x

@cleoh666 8 лет назад

This is such an interesting video! Awesome work!

@JillianMatchett 8 лет назад

Fantastic! I'm very excited for the future videos!

@artindialogue1749 8 лет назад

Love this series Jen! I'm taking a few classes next year on children's lit, though sadly none on fairytales, but this will definitely more than make up for that :) x

@sk8terac 8 лет назад

This is fantastic! I'd love to see more of this series!

@JohnMassari 6 лет назад

Great performance of the theme. :)

@BookwormHistory 8 лет назад

Yay literary history! Love it, well done!

@veronique5199 8 лет назад

I really love this story and your way of telling the other versions :D

@TeaBooksAndTazmyn 7 лет назад

THAT INTRO WAS INCREDIBLE 😂

@XxSabellaxX 8 лет назад

love this! prefect video to watch during my break at work.

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+Sabella Thanks! Glad you liked it x

@mira6010 3 года назад

I love dark fairy tales.....

8 лет назад

Loved this video!

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+Britta Böhler :D

@AprendizdeLeitor 8 лет назад

This was absolutely fantastic, super interesting, thanks Jen!!

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+Hugo Cunha You're very welcome - thank you x

@salamalmahi541 7 лет назад

You are a bliss to this world

@mihaiioan443 8 лет назад

I grew up with fairy tales full of horrific and grotesque details. Peasants usually do tell such stories. It's a pity I didn't write them down...

@arizonajen7577 8 лет назад

Fantastic video! Thank you. I look forward to more in the future.

@samanthalee444 8 лет назад

This is fantastic and my new favorite videos, you are so entertaining and I love Fairy Tales! Super excited for future episodes, thank you!! :)

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+Samantha Lee You're welcome! x

@lillivanilli8342 8 лет назад

that was really interesting :) I only knew the brothers Grimm version of sleeping beauty since I'm german and that's what I read as a child - I have a collection of popular fairy tales from the 1930s which is slowly falling apart. tomorrow I'm going to visit the German castle of sleeping beauty, I haven't been there for a really long time (probably 20 years?) and this video was the perfect preparation for the trip. maybe I should mention that I'm sort of blessed because I live in the area where the brothers Grimm lived and collected their fairy tales ^_^

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+lillivanilli The Grimm Tales are really interesting, because they were revised SO MUCH, and it's the later versions we now know. This is something I'll be discussing in a future video :) but the original tales are linked in the description (a new translation was made last year) x

@ohheysush 8 лет назад

Educational, entertaining and extremely troubling, ha! Great video :)

@DarkFirefly13 8 лет назад

Such an interesting topic. I remember my literature teacher in highschool was very passionate about fairy tales and we used to discuss the oh so horrible elements of this genre. It was fascinating ! I'm so looking forward for new videos on this topic. By the way, I also watched the movie Sleeping Beauty and thought it was ... something !

@avacaza7851 6 лет назад

I love you, I love your channel. Thank you for making my day ❤️

@paulina8864 8 лет назад

It was very interesting wideo. I really didn't have a clue that story is so old although I knew Grimms version :) I love (and prefer to all the others) the Disney version of Sleeping Beauty for one main reason: for me Aurora is simply a personification of beauty and Philip is a personification of courage. They are connected to each other by love. I like to think that this story is going on inside me and everyone else. When he is kissing her and she wakes up I always cry ;P (also it is beautifuly made, she opens her eyes so slowly). I know it sounds unoriginal and banal but when you find courage to let your beauty out for the first time what you feel is love and Disney has portrayed it so well. So for me the story is mostly about that. Also fairytales shouldn't be taken literary. There is always some deeper meaning in them. Although it is hard to find that in the older versions because they have a lot more events and action wich is confusing (but maybe only for modern people?). I like how now fairytales are being studied (kind of) from the feministic point of view but I also think some people well... maybe go too far? I'm always wondering about the ways politics is affecting art. I would love to hear what is your opinion about that. Do you think stories like Sleeping Beauty will be rewritten as they were through the ages but with feminism in mind? And will they be the only version people will know?

@TheMidno 8 лет назад

Love the way you talk such an awesome story teller ❤️ Looking forward for future videos 🌸

@adrianac3258 8 лет назад

Thank you Jen for sharing your knowedge :)

@philippamary9177 8 лет назад

Great video!! Really interesting - looking forward to more videos in this series!!

@melldot 8 лет назад

Excellent! Am very much looking forward to your next installment.

@wietskejanse5951 8 лет назад

Yay, So excited for this series! Really enjoyed the video :D xx

@thisiswhoimean7695 8 лет назад

Fascinating

@annemariemorse9322 7 лет назад

This is such an amazing video! I love this series, it's so informative

@gothprincess0705 8 лет назад

Speechless. This video is magnificent! Thank you, Jen! xxx

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+gothprincess0705 :D

@MercysBookishMusings 8 лет назад

we want more! we want more! Haha, no really excellent video - I loved this! Sleeping Beauty was always one of my favs although I'm left feeling very unsure as to why! Maybe the multi coloured dress and the funny owl?

@jenvcampbell 8 лет назад

+MercysBookishMusings perhaps it's because you like naps?